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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="libgda-5.0-Libgda-Initialization.top_of_page"></a>Library initialization</span></h2>
<p>Library initialization — Library initialization and information</p>
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<a name="libgda-5.0-Libgda-Initialization.stability-level"></a><h2>Stability Level</h2>
<a href="http://foldoc.org/Stable"><span class="acronym">Stable</span></a>, unless otherwise indicated
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<span class="returnvalue">void</span>
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<a class="link" href="libgda-5.0-Libgda-Initialization.html#gda-init" title="gda_init ()">gda_init</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<span class="returnvalue">void</span>
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<a class="link" href="libgda-5.0-Libgda-Initialization.html#gda-locale-changed" title="gda_locale_changed ()">gda_locale_changed</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a class="link" href="libgda-5.0-Libgda-Initialization.html#gda-get-application-exec-path" title="gda_get_application_exec_path ()">gda_get_application_exec_path</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<pre class="synopsis">#include &lt;virtual/gda-ldap-connection.h&gt;
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<a name="libgda-5.0-Libgda-Initialization.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
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<a name="gda-init"></a><h3>gda_init ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
gda_init (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
<p>Initializes the GDA library, must be called prior to any Libgda usage.</p>
<p>Please note that if you call <code class="function">setlocale()</code> to modify the current locale, you should also
call <a class="link" href="libgda-5.0-Libgda-Initialization.html#gda-locale-changed" title="gda_locale_changed ()"><code class="function">gda_locale_changed()</code></a> before using Libgda again.</p>
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<a name="gda-locale-changed"></a><h3>gda_locale_changed ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
gda_locale_changed (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
<p>Call this function whenever the <code class="function">setlocale()</code> function has been called
to change the current locale; this function is first called by <a class="link" href="libgda-5.0-Libgda-Initialization.html#gda-init" title="gda_init ()"><code class="function">gda_init()</code></a> so you
don't need to call it if you have set the locale before calling <a class="link" href="libgda-5.0-Libgda-Initialization.html#gda-init" title="gda_init ()"><code class="function">gda_init()</code></a>.</p>
<p>Failing to call this function after having changed the current locale may result
in Libgda reverting to the previous set locale.</p>
<p class="since">Since: 4.2.3</p>
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<a name="gda-get-application-exec-path"></a><h3>gda_get_application_exec_path ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *
gda_get_application_exec_path (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *app_name</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Find the path to the application identified by <em class="parameter"><code>app_name</code></em>
. For example if the application
is "gda-sql", then calling this function will return
"/your/prefix/bin/gda-sql-5.0" if Libgda is installed in
the "/your/prefix" prefix (which would usually be "/usr"), and for the ABI version 5.0.</p>
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<td class="parameter_description"><p>the name of the application to find</p></td>
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<a name="gda-get-application-exec-path.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p>the path as a new string, or <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> if the application cannot be found. </p>
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